Christmas in Bethlehem celebrated under the shadow of Israel's war in Gaza
20 hours ago · Tarazi was born in Gaza City but has lived in Bethlehem for nearly 40 years. Four of her siblings were still alive in the Strip when the war broke out more than a year ago.
Bethlehem marks melancholic Christmas for second year in shadow of Gaza ...
1 day ago · Bethlehem, the city in the occupied West Bank that Christians believe is the birthplace of Jesus Christ, marks another solemn Christmas under the shadow of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.. On ...
Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas during the war in Gaza | AP News
1 day ago · BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, and as were ...
Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza
3 days ago · The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual trappings of the city's favorite holiday: no public Christmas tree, no raucous scouts march, no decorations and no twinkling lights, …
Bethlehem marks second subdued Christmas, amid pall of …
14 hours ago · Bethlehem marks second subdued Christmas, amid pall of ongoing war Latin patriarch, after visiting Catholics in Gaza, urges faithful in West Bank city to ‘not give up,’ as pope in Vatican ...
Gaza war: Bethlehem marks a second sombre Christmas | CTV News
1 day ago · Bethlehem marked another sombre Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian ...
Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas during the war in Gaza
1 day ago · BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...
Bethlehem’s bombed-out nativity sculpture sends a powerful …
Dec 25, 2023 · Churches, clergy and civilians in Gaza are being bombarded, and a blockade is enforced in the West Bank, particularly in Bethlehem.
On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem looks like a ghost ... - Associated Press News
Dec 24, 2023 · The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus looks like a ghost town on Christmas Eve, with celebrations in Bethlehem called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.
‘God is under the rubble in Gaza’: Bethlehem tones down its …
Dec 24, 2023 · Israel’s military said battles were intensifying in southern Gaza’s largest city, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave no hint of plans to slow the war against Hamas despite calls from...